Gross...

Don't look close if you feel sick...but that's what I looked like 6 weeks after teh surgery. Pretty nasty.

Christmas Tree Burning

For the past 2 years we have taken our dried up Christmas trees out to Monitor with the Gunderson Family. (that's where we keep our pony) It's fun and kind of scary...it burns so quick. Kids love it! We grill hot dogs and roast marshmallows. It's awesome.

Life's Questions

(the BLUE ones I have done) I've done more then I thought...still lot's to go.
1. Started your own blog
2. Slept under the stars
3. Played in a band (rockband)
4. Visited Hawaii
5. Watched a meteor shower
6. Given more than you can afford to charity
7. Been to Disneyland
8. Climbed a mountain
9. Held a praying mantis
10. Sang a solo
11. Bungee jumped
12. Visited Paris
13. Watched a lightning storm at sea
14. Taught yourself an art from scratch
15. Adopted a child
16. Had food poisoning
17. Walked to the top of the Statue of Liberty
18. Grown your own vegetables
19. Seen the Mona Lisa in France
20. Slept overnight on a train
21. sluffed school
22. Hitch hiked
23. Taken a sick day when your not ill
24. I don't know what happen to 24 ???
25. Held a lamb
26. Gone skinny dipping
27. Run a Marathon/Triathlon
28. Ridden a gondola in Switzerland
29. Seen a total eclipse
30. Watched a sunrise or sunset
31. Hit a home run
32. Been on a cruise
33. Seen Niagra Falls in person,
34. Visited the birthplace of your ancestors
35. Seen Amish country
36. Taught yourself a new language
37. Had enough money to be truly satisfied
38. Seen the Leaning Tower of Pisa in person
39. Gone rock climbing
40. Seen Michelangelo’s David
41. Sung karaoke
42. Seen Old Faithful geyser erupt
43. Bought a stranger a meal at a restaurant
44. Visited Africa
45. Walked on a beach by moonlight
46. Been transported in an ambulance
47. Had your portrait painted
48. Gone deep sea fishing
49. Seen the Sistine Chapel in person
50. Been to the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris
51. Gone scuba diving or snorkeling
52. Kissed in the rain
53. Played in the mud
54. Gone to a drive-in theater
55. Been in a movie
56. Visited the Great Wall of China
57. Started a business
58. Taken a martial arts class
59. Visited Russia
60. Served at a soup kitchen
61. Sold Girl Scout Cookies
62. Gone whale watching
64. Donated blood, platelets or plasma
65. Gone sky diving
66. Visited a Nazi concentration camp
67. Bounced a check
68. Flown in a helicopter
69. Saved a favorite childhood toy
70. Visited the Lincoln Memorial
71. Eaten Caviar
72. Pieced a quilt
73. Stood in Times Square
74. Toured the Everglades
75. Been fired from a job
76. Seen the Changing of the Guards in London
77. Broken a bone
78. Been on a speeding motorcycle
79. Seen the Grand Canyon in person
80. Published a book
81. Visited the Vatican
82. Bought a brand new car
83. Walked in Jerusalem
84. Had your picture in the newspaper
85. Read the entire Bible
86. Visited the White House
87. Killed and prepared an animal for eating
88. Had chickenpox
89. Saved someone’s life
90. Sat on a jury
91. Met someone famous
92. Joined a book club
93. Lost a loved one
94. Had a baby
95. Seen the Alamo in person
96. Swam in the Great Salt Lake
97. Been involved in a law suit
98. Owned a cell phone
99. Been stung by a bee
100. One cavity or less

Skiing

We are so fortunate to have a ski resort right next to us. Mission Ridge. It's pretty cool. Rick is so good, he takes them up there pretty much every Saturday. The Wests go all the time too. Dylan and Isabella loves it. Isabella started taking ski lessons. They are so good, better then me!

Happy 2nd Birthday Alphabet Garden Designs

I'm copying this from Jenn with a few changes! We turned two! Tonight was our AG Designs second birthday. Superbowl weekend in 2007 we all sat around and dreamt up our business plan. The first year we achieved a few of our goals and mainly just tried to perfect our product. In 2008, we got even more ambitious and motivated and achieved all our goals and much much more! We had a great goal jam session tonight that we plan to achieve by Superbowl weekend next year!

Even though Jenn had been so sick and not been out of bed 3 days, and I was just released from the hospital we both agreed we HAD to go on with the birthday. Jenn layed on one couch and I on the other.

Jenn's husband Matt LOVES to cook, and perfect his recipes. We LOVE being his testers....Celebration Food: Grilled Pineapple, 7 layer dip, Homemade buffalo chicken wings, Homemade Baked Beans, Sloppy joes and to top it all off Chocolate Truffle Dessert. Yum. It was awesome.

Thank you Matt and Jenn for a great day!

If you want to see our site go to http://www.alphabetgardendesigns.com/